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NUJ Rate for the Job:
recent rates for Broadcasting / other
Updated: 2025-11-18
These rates have been reported by members of the National Union of Journalists and others, and printed in the Freelance, newsletter of London Freelance Branch. They are sorted by publisher/publication, then by date (most recent first). TIP: Use the "Find in page" command under your browser's "Edit" or "Search" menu to be sure of finding all occurrences of a publication/publisher. AND do note the year in which the rate was reported! See also the Freelance Fees Guide, which gives general recommendations. And read the disclaimer and the key to exactly what the entries mean.
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Any kind of work for TV or radio programmes other than news. Includes, for the moment, podcasting - whether of newspaper, magazine or broadcast content. Includes punditry: for non-broadcast punditry see here. If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Freelance Fees Guide
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| Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year |  |
Total paid | GR |
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| Listening Post (Al Jazeera) 30 seconds footage re-licence worldwide 5-year licence | 2017 |  |
500.00 | GR | ||
| A non-profit organisation podcast | 2021 | |
300.00 | O | ||
| Advertising agency Voiceover work - per hour - (if you have an agent, they pay their fee on top!) | 2018 | |
150.00 | |||
| ARTE TV Expert/pundit interview for arts feature | 2017 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| Audio production podcast episode producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
250.00 | |||
| BBC Assistant producing / researching on a TV programme for BBC Arabic, taxed at source (PAYE freelance), some expenses paid (if travelling specifically for work) | _BBC | 2020 | |
20.00 | ||
| BBC / Love Productions assistant producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | |
160.00 | ||
| BBC Radio 3 and 4 Assistant Producer - per day | _BBC | 2024 | |
166.00 | ||
| Channel 5 website digital producer day (giving editorial approval of content for Big Brother website and social media sites) | _Viacom | 2019 | |
185.00 | ||
| Charity video editor day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
200.00 | |||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum location recording, interviews/vox pops, audio editing and online production; rate per day (5 days work in total). - rights to publish clips on own Soundcloud with interviewee consent. , expenses 50-100 | 2025 | |
200.00 | GR | ||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum location recording, reporting (vox-pops), guest intervies, audio editing/post-prod - about 3 days work - keep right to publish content on my Soundcloud | 2024 | |
1000.00 | O | ||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) radio interview (location recording) and editing , terms - I was permitted Creative Commons publication on my own online outlet. | 2023 | |
100.00 | |||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) oral history interviewing and online audio production/per day | 2022 | |
600.00 | O | ||
| Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) podcast | 2022 | |
500.00 | |||
| Corporate film senior producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
300.00 | |||
| CTVC fact-checking a documentary (how long? how many facts?) | 2019 | |
150.00 | ? | ||
| Curio - audio-article startup podcast - reportedly a little room for more depending on experience | 2021 | |
300.00 | |||
| Film and video production producer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
350.00 | |||
| Film/design director day 850 Canadian dollars = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
490.00 | |||
| German TV company punditry about a rock star for 90 mins - conversation: "normally we don't pay" - "what are you offering though?" | 2017 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| Imperial War Museum documents and sound archive, London oral history audio interviews, per interview session, but includes research and content summary writing, 200 words per 30 minutes recorded - an improvement on previous rates | 2024 | |
100.00 | GR | ||
| IndependentTV production companies reuse of audio from magazine interviews , terms £500 per minute, £250 minimum | 2017 | |
500.00 | O | ||
| Indie record label or artist (general) EPK - filmed interview with artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
250.00 | |||
| King's Health Partners (NHS) 15 minute video podcast on health inequalities - Buy-out, no expenses (but none incurred, other than overheads) | 2021 | |
6200.00 | O | ||
| Major record label (general) EPK - filmed interview with successful artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Major record label (general) EPK - filmed interview with successful artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
750.00 | |||
| Major record label (general) EPK - filmed interview with successful artist for album PR - | 2018 | |
600.00 | |||
| P&O Heritage Archive oral history interviewing and online audio production per day | 2022 | |
180.00 | GR | O | |
| P&O heritage archive oral history interview (15 hours duration), audio editing and written description 6000 words , terms - rights to publish clips on own Soundcloud with interviewee consent. , prod/exes 200.00 | 2025 | |
800.00 | GR | ||
| Podcast - rumour has it... Podcast - advertising revenue per edition claimed | 2023 | |
5000.00 | |||
| Podcast for shop chain chairing 2-hour discussion | 2021 | |
200.00 | |||
| Podcast hosted on Cast, Spotify etc Podcast - about 100,000 streams over a year, split between 2 hosts and 1 producer | 2023 | |
1000.00 | |||
| Podcasting podcast day rate (according to UK Audio Network) | 2019 | |
150.00 | GR | ||
| Podcasts - various titles per podcast | 2019 | |
240.00 | GR | ||
| Post production editor day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
345.00 | |||
| Radio 4 discussion programme punditry: recording for 45 minutes, rail and taxi paid | _BBC | 2017 | |
75.00 | GR | |
| Radio show Series producer (day?) | 2020 | |
190.00 | |||
| Radio show podcast | 2019 | |
135.00 | |||
| Rugby School Archives & Special Collections audio editing and production per day | 2022 | |
180.00 | GR | O | |
| Video production videographer day (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | |
450.00 | |||
| Key to the rates, by column: |
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| 1 Publication / Programme, any details of work and licence | ||||||
| 2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where known | Group | |||||
| 3 The year in which the rate was reported | Year |
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4 Currency: either or  or (US)  | |
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| 5 Amount paid (total of basic licence and extra licences for web use, database resale...) | Amount |
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| 7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it: | GR |
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| or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement: | HA |
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| 8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor: | | 50.00 | X |
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| or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised: | | 1500.00 | O |
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Other recent rates:
| Type of work: | In the "sector": (click or tap below!) | ||||||
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| Words, per 1000 | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Words, other | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Photography | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Broadcasting | News | Local | Other including podcasting | ||||
| Shifts | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
| Other: | Cartoons | Crosswords | Illustration | Punditry | Retainer | Teaching | Tip-off | Translation | ||||||
| Recently reported rates | all from the past few months |
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